TL;DR version:1) leaving the EU could work2) deciding to do so with a referendum guarantees it won’t & will also be damaging3) using a 2nd referendum to exit #Brexit would make a v bad situation even worse4) Exit-Brexit is a job for parliament alonehttps://t.co/c4mgZacdsf

“There is a direct link between [the failure of representative democracy] and the degree to which plebiscitary democracy is seen as being an acceptable option. The popularity of referendums is a symptom more than it is the cause of our current problems.”